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it's vintage
April 12, 2012

Slideshow: Style From the Music Festivals of Yesteryear

By Stella Bugbee

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Photo: David Gahr/Getty Images

The annual Coachella music festival begins tomorrow, and this year, the party will run two full weekends and feature dozens of bands, from Radiohead and M83 to tUnE-yArDs and Girls. In order to prepare you for what will surely be a riot of style — replete with shirtless dudes, long-haired teenagers, and the never-disappointing looks of the musicians themselves — we’ve compiled an album of vintage pics from the early days of rock rebellion. Click through our slideshow to see Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan … along with a bunch of splendid hippie hairdos that will put anything you come across on this season’s circuit to shame.

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Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary looking quite contemporary. Newport Folk Festival, July 1965. Photo: David Gahr/Copy... Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary looking quite contemporary. Newport Folk Festival, July 1965. Photo: David Gahr/Copyright Estate of David Gahr 2012
Nothing says summer like a leather bikini. Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969. Photo: Archive Photos
Jane Fonda, giving those glasses a workout. Isle of Wight Festival, September 1969 Photo: Norman Potter
Between them, they have one complete outfit — but who's counting? Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970. Photo: David Redfern
The Gap launched that year, and this could have been their advertising.  Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969. Photo: Three Lions
British actor Terence Stamp — too cool to crack a smile, even at a concert. Isle of Wight Festival, August 1969. Photo: Anwar Hussein
Style bonus points for clutching a bag from the era-defining Biba store. Bardney Pop Festival, June 1972. Photo: Evening Standard
Couples' perms. Festival in Windsor, August 1967. Photo: John Williams
Joan Baez in an L.L.Bean–worthy look that somehow feels totally hip on her.  Newport Folk Festival, Summer 1968. Photo: Elliott Landy
Imagine how stoned you'd have to be to enjoy a grown man blowing bubbles. The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream festival, April 1967. Photo: Keystone
An early prototype of the Cuddle Puddle. Isle of Wight Festival, September 1969. Photo: William Lovelace
It wouldn't be a hippie music festival without some nekked kids to feel worried about. Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970. Photo: Evening Standar... It wouldn't be a hippie music festival without some nekked kids to feel worried about. Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970. Photo: Evening Standard
Sha Na Na was ahead of the curve on the whole fifties-style appropriation thing. Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969. Photo: Barry Z Levine
At first glance, we thought he might have been wearing a sleeveless shearling hoodie. But no. Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, circa 1970. Photo: Mich... At first glance, we thought he might have been wearing a sleeveless shearling hoodie. But no. Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, circa 1970. Photo: Michael Putland/1970 Michael Putland
Brian Jones: always ready to party in his Queen Elizabeth–meets-shaman getup. Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967. Photo: Bruce Fleming
Teddy Boys were a striking contrast to all the hippies. Wembley Rock and Roll Festival, Summer 1972. Photo: Evening Standard
Some things never change: One girl always has the long hair, and one always has the thick bangs.  Hyde Park Music Festival, July 1969. Photo: M... Some things never change: One girl always has the long hair, and one always has the thick bangs.  Hyde Park Music Festival, July 1969. Photo: Michael Putland/1969 Michael Putland
Chris Hillman of The Byrds, co-starring his 'fro. Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives
Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell arm in arm — somebody write a folk ballad immediately! Newport Folk Festival, July 1967. Photo: David Gahr/Copyr... Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell arm in arm — somebody write a folk ballad immediately! Newport Folk Festival, July 1967. Photo: David Gahr/Copyright Estate of David Gahr 2012
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